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ab2e18c6c3d - Energy Information Administration (EIA) Country Analysis Briefs, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html. Describes energy policy and resources for all nations. Includes links to country-specific Internet resources for energy.
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- The International Energy Agency's collaboration in Bioenergy Web page at http://www.ieabioenergy.com/ The site provides extensive information and links to "accelerate the use of environmentally sound and cost-competitive bioenergy on a sustainable basis."
- Kartha, Sivan and Eric D. Larson (2000). Bioenergy Primer: Modernised Bioenergy for Sustainable Development. United Nations Development Programme. http://www.undp.org/energy/publications/2000/2000b.htm
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- Household Energy Options. http://igadrhep.energyprojects.net/main.asp?Show=F Provides a short practical assessment of the renewable energy systems for African households. Prepared by Energy for Sustainable Development (ESD) Limited, Wiltshire, United Kingdom (http://www.esd.co.uk/).
- International Energy Agency (IEA) Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme. http://www.iea-pvps.org/ The Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme is one of the collaborative R&D agreements established within the International Energy Agency. The participants conduct a variety of joint projects in the application of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electricity, so-called solar photovoltaic electricity. IEA-PVPS operates worldwide via a network of national teams in member countries. The Web site aims to inform about the results of the IEA-PVPS programme and gives information about publications and papers. Most of these publications can be downloaded from the site.
- IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme Web site. http://www.iea-shc.org/welcome/welcome_page.htm This site describes the research activities of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme and lists publications available for purchase.
- IEA Wind Research Web site. http://www.afm.dtu.dk/wind/iea/ Information about IEA's research into wind turbine systems.
- Practical Action (Formerly Intermediate Technology Group - ITDG). http://www.itdg.org/ provides renewable energy technology options for developing countries including solar power, cookstoves, small scale windpower systems, biogas and microhydro. Also see ITDG East Africa at http://www.itdg.org/html/itdg_eastafrica/about.htm and ITPower at http://www.itpower.co.uk/
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- RETScreen International Renewable Energy Decision Support Centre. http://www.retscreen.net/ang/menu.php The RETScreen International Renewable Energy Decision Support Centre seeks to promote the deployment of renewable energy systems-wind, hydro, photovoltaic, solar heating, biomass heating, solar water heating, passive solar heating, and ground-source heat pumps-by building the capacity of planners, decision-makers and industry to implement more projects successfully. The Centre develops enabling tools including include renewable energy project analysis software models and manuals; international product and weather databases; project case studies; and university textbooks that allow stakeholders to better analyze the technical and financial viability of possible projects. The Centre provides these tools free-of-charge to users around the globe via the Internet and CD-ROM.
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- Solar Cooking International (2000). Solar Cooking Archive. http://solarcooking.org/ Comprehensive resource on solar cooking. Features news, plans for many different cooker designs, including design for the breakthrough Cook-it Foldable Family Stove (solar) created by Roger Bernard and Barbara Kerr http://solarcooking.org/cookit.htm containing documents, additional resources, multimedia presentations, and discussions.
- Solarbuzz New Archives. http://www.solarbuzz.com/News/NewsAfrica.htm Recent solar energy developments in Africa. This site tracks news articles on solar energy in the media over the last three months.
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- Khennas, Smail and Andrew Barnett (2000). Best Practices for Sustainable Development of Micro-Hydro Power in Developing Countries. Final Synthesis Report, Contract R7215. Published by the Department for International Development, UK, and the World Bank. http://www.microhydropower.net/download/bestpractsynthe.pdf
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- IEA Hydropower Agreement. http://www.ieahydro.org/ The IEA Hydropower Agreement is a working group of governments and industry which intends to provide objective, balanced information about the advantages and disadvantages of hydropower. On this Web site you can find information about the positive and negative social and environmental effects of hydropower, about hydropower in general, and about the IEA Hydropower Agreement.
- The International Small-Hydro Atlas. http://www.small-hydro.com Developed as part of the International Energy Agencies implementing agreement for hydropower technologies and programs, the Atlas provides country-specific hydro energy information, guides to developing small hydro projects, contacts, and additional resources.
- Micro hydro Web portal. http://microhydropower.net/index.php A Web site with extensive links, information, and case studies of micro-hydro projects.